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Seated Koki

1400s
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Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)
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Medium
wood with pigment
Measurements
Overall: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Sundry Art - Japanese/Korean and Lillian Kern Memorial Fund 2012.40.2
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This sculpture was hand-carved and covered with gesso, then paint in green, white, red, yellow, orange, and black, and gilded in select areas.

Description

The axe-wielding red Zenki, and the vase-holding, bamboo backpack-wearing green Koki are both under the mystical control of the monk, En no Ozunu (legendarily 634–701), also known as En no Gyōja, or “En the Ascetic,” considered to have founded Shugendō, a style of religious practice focused on performing austerities in mountainous settings.

Seated Koki

1400s

Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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